During TheBurg’s winter hiatus, we missed covering several spectacular art events in and around Harrisburg. Fortunately, we still have time to tell you about two great exhibits at the State Museum.
The first, “A Tribute to Nicholas Ruggieri,” displays a selection of watercolors by a man practically synonymous with Harrisburg art. Ruggieri was the long-time art director of the Patriot-News. In the early 1970s, to mark the nation’s bicentennial, the newspaper sent him on a five-year mission to paint an iconic scene in each one of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. Last year, the Patriot donated these paintings to the State Museum, which now has several of his scenes from central Pennsylvania on display.
Just across the hall, please indulge yourself in “Where There Is Light,” a multi-disciplinary exhibit featuring photographs by Kevyn Bashore, sculpture and painting by Freiman Stoltzfus and glass sculptures by Through the Fire Glass Studio, Aspen Glass Studio and Katherman Glass Studio. Linger over Bashore’s photographic journey of a calendar year, in which he chronicles his daily life through images taken only with his iPhone camera, along with his insightful narratives.
“Where There Is Light” was originally scheduled to run only through mid-February, but was extended through the end of April, when the Ruggieri exhibit also will end. Hurry over so you don’t miss seeing the works of these gifted midstate artists.
